Slough went down 4-0 at Horsham
on Tuesday night, although the score line was perhaps a little
harsh on our team who never gave up even when all hope of
snatching an unlikely result had gone.

Slough, who were without captain
Steve Daly and Heybridge hero George Moleski and with
centre-forward Steve Hale playing at centre-back were always
going to be up against it but, to their credit withstood a lot
of Horsham pressure and went into the half-time break with a
respectable 0-0 score.

Horsham controlled much of the
first half, restricting Slough to only the occasional
half-chance. Shots went horrible wide of the target and way over
the crossbar for the home side, but rarely was the 'keeper
forced into a save.

Horsham did have the ball in the
back of the net on the half-hour, but their header was ruled out
for offside.

Matt Miller also thought he had
given Slough the lead when he pounced on a loose ball inside the
area and fired the ball into the net, but play was stopped and
bought back for a foul on the goalkeeper.

So it was 0-0 at the interval,
and by the looks of things Slough had every chance of taking a
point from the match.

But within 15 minutes of the
restart, those hope had vanished.

Slough for the first time in the
game were putting the Horsham goal under some real pressure,
with Symon James having a shot blocked and Matt Miller being
denied when one-on-one with the goalkeeper. The home side broke
and found Lee Farrell unmarked to fire the ball into the top
corner of the net.

Two minutes later the game was
effectively finished when Rook hooked the ball from the far post
and over the line, despite the best efforts of Doonovan to
clear.

From then on, Slough managed to
steady the boat without really looking like they were going to
get back into the game.

Their was an incident midway
through the second half between Terry Davies (who was already on
a yellow card) and their goalkeeper when they went for the same
ball, which the 'keeper comfortably gathered. The goalkeeper
then got up, claiming he had been kicked by Davies.

The incident happened right in
front of me and as it happened, Davies slide right past the
goalkeeper and no contact was made. In the aftermath of players
surrounding the referee, no action was taken by the referee and
play was allowed to continue.

Not a lot happened between then
and 2 minutes before the end, where Slough repeated what they
had done at the beginning of the half and conceded two goals in
two minutes. Farrell got his second of the night by firing the
ball into the back of the net with the goalkeeper well beaten,
the 4th when Mingle was in the right place at the right time to
beat the ball way beyond the 'keeper and in the far corner of
the net.

Attendance: 282

Match Officials

Referee

TBA

Assistant Referee

TBA

Assistant Referee

TBA

RebelsOnline Man of the Match

Darron Wilkinson

Had a terrific game in midfield. 100% effort,
hardly put a foot wrong all night.

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